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Bow HOOK. No. 303,459. Patented Aug. 12, 1884.

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JULIUS SOHLESINGER, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

BOW=HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,459, dated August 12, 1884.

Application filed May 21, 1884.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J ULIUS Scnrnsnvenn, of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Self-Adj usting Bow-Hook for N eckties, of which the following is afiill, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved hook adapted to be held on the shields of neck-bows, cravats, &c.,which hook is then passed over the front ends of the collar to hold the bow in place 011 the collar.

The invention consists in a self-adjusting bow-hook for neckties, formed of a piece of wire bent to. form a prong, from the upper end of which two parts are inclined downward and outward on opposite sides, the said parts having hooks formed on their free ends for-receiving the shield of the bow, and the prong having a bend at its upper end.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved bow-hook. Fig. 2 is a rear view of a bow provided with my improved bow-hook.

The bow-hook is formed of a single piece of wire, which is bent to form a prong, A, from one end of which two parts or arms, B, projec-t, which are inclined downward and out- Ward from the open end of the prong in A shape, and have their free ends doubled over on the sides opposite those facing the prong A, whereby hooks O are formed on the ends of the parts B. At the inner ends of the parts B and at the upper part of the prong A a bend, D, is formed, so that the upper ends of the parts B will not be close to the prong A, but about one-eighth of an inch from the same.

The bow-hook is made in different sizes for the different sizes of shields. The bow-hook is passed on the shield E of the bow in such (N0 model.)

a manner that the bottom edge of the shield rests on the bottom cross-piece of the hooks O, and the prongs of the hooks G will be on the inner side of the shield E, the parts Bresting against the outer surface, or surface that faces the neck of .the wearer. The prong A is then on the outer side of the shieldthat is, on that side of the shield facing the wearer. That end of the prong A at which the parts B are connected with it is near the top edge of the shield, and the closed free end of the prong A is near the bottom edge of the. shield.

To fasten the bow F on the collar, the ends of the shield are placed under the wings of the collar and the prong A is passed over the button-hole wings on the ends of the collar.

. The fastening device can be secured on the shield very easily and rapidly, and no sewing is required. All that is necessary is to pass the edge of the shield into the hooks O of the device.

The bow-hook can be used successively on a number of bows.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A self -adjusting bow-hook consisting, essentially, in a prong. A, provided atits up per end with downwardly and outwardly bent arms B, said arms being termed at their lower ends with upwardbent hooks, as set forth.

2. A self-adjusting bow-hook for neektics, formed of a wire bent to form a prong, A, from one end of which parts B project downward and outward, which parts B have hooks 0 formed on their free ends, and which prong A has a bend, D, at its upper end, substantially as herein shown and described.

JULIUS SCHLESINGER.

substantially Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, O. SEDGWIOK. 

